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I mum II wi iiifdi 1 1 i in; I im iin mi iMi-rinirii i Jfrjwiiiia.iaM irj.l. jjnfnw.yaaietwjj.n WWW, Ml 4vMr'l! 11. -A LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. KATES TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PH YEAR Strictly in Adunot. ire (hp ( hihlrcu at Home! Each day when I be g'mv of sunset Fades in the western sky, An I (be wee ones tired of playing, Go tripping lightly by, I .teal away from my husband, Asleep in his easy chair, And watch from t ho open doorway Tbeir faces fresh and fair. Alunc in t lie dear old homestead That once wus f ti 1 of life, limiting w ill) ulrlisli laughter, Echoing hoytsli strife, Wr two are waiting together; Aud ult, as tlio shadows ronie. With Irumiiloiin voice he calls me. "II tonight ! arcthecliildrei home?'' "Yes, love!" 1 answer him gently, ''They're nil home long ago;" Aud I sing, in my tiiiveriir treble, A song no soft and low, Till the old in n n drop to plumber, With his head upon In hilu1, And I tell to myself the ntinilier Home In s letter land. Home, where never a sorrow Shall dim their eyes with tear! W here the smile of t.'od in on them Through all the Summer yearn! I know! Vet my arms a'e empty That fondly folden seven, And the mother heart within me Is a'most starved for heaven. Sometimes in the dusk of evening, I only shut my ryes, And the children areail about me, A vlilon from the skies : The babes whose dimpled lingers IOst the way to my brcuit. And the beautiful ones the angels, Passed to I lie world of the blent. With never a cloud upon them, I see their radiant brows: My boys tbnl I gave to freedom - The red sword sealed their vows ! In a tangled Southern forest, Twain brothers, bold and brave. They fell; ami I lie da,' 1 hey died for, Thank (tod! floats over t heir grave. A bresth, and the vision is lifted A way on the wingo of light. And sgiin we two are together. All sloue in the night. They tell me liii mind is f liling, But I smile nt the idle fear?; He is only back with the children, In tliedear and peaceful years. And still the summer sunm t Fades away in the west. And the wee ones, tired of plating, Go trooping home to rest, My husband calls from bis corner, "Say, love! have the children eomef And I answer, w . ii t. j uplifted, "Yes. dear! they arc all at home!" Great-Grandmamma's Quilt. Ninny ami Ciumiiiio bat by the big fireplace In the hall having uflornooii tea. Tlio firelight dance 1 nrnl gleamed on tho polished floor, the dark oaken walls, tlio suits of armor hanging thereon, ai: I die curious old lupcstiics at I ho doorways. It slumo in old Wolf eyes until ho blinked, growled and dragged liis big, clumsy body away from the bln.e. It flickered over quaint littlo Nan, in lior black velvet dress und disp lace collar, and shone on her Imir, turning it into a mass of spun gold. It tested softly on (irainmie, lean ing back in lier big chair, her white hair put smoothly back, her gray Q t;i ker dress with its soft folds of white at the throut and wrists, and (ho dainty Sevres cup iu her tiny, wrinkled hand. Nan nnd Gratiimic were both very fond of this fire, which was never allowed to go out, and of the big old andirons and tho dusky oaken hull. They always look their leu hero when Hie rest were away and usually Nan had a basket of cones by her to throw into the dancing flames. But ti'day blio was sitting with her head in i.er hands, blaring with l,i brown eyes at the queer blue poi ticro covering one of tho low door. "Grnmmio," she mid prcnonily Aan always railed thin grandma "Grammle," bec.iuse, an shecxplitiiicd Jt, it was not her very grandma but her great-grandma ''that is a very curious curtain tit llie music room door. Did it come from Kugluud with tho other tapestries ?" "No, dear," said Crammic, ! nindo that" "You, (irnimnie, you yourself I Why how eiu:d you? Tell mo all 'bo lit it. Make it a long story, (irmu mio, do,"' and Sun drew her footstool nearer lo I lie lire and placed one el bow on I truinmic's knee. Urammic put down her teacup, smoothed out Iter dress with a medi tative, far-awiy look in her eyes, und then she snid: "It is u long story, dear, the story of that quilt, for quilt i is. To toll it is to tell you all in v life." "Oh, I should like Ilia! ulmvo nil things," cried Nan. "(lo on, do. Is it really a quilt that lovely thing?'' "Yes I spun the cntlou ami wool f r it, and wove the quilt all myself. (Jlrls in my day," said (ii-uinmic, sen. lenliously, "were brought up to work. Why, at your ag-o, Nanny, I could bake and knit and sew. nnd I had al ready commenced lo weave this quill. All through a young giii's life she sewed, pieced quills mi i spun linen sheets, so that she might havo a liliii g troti'traii to take to her husband. VOL. XIV. "Tin quill was part of my houe hold otiilit, hut it wan finished and laid away iiiiny years before I was ready to use it. When I was a mite of a girl I spun winter evenings nnd long summer afternoons until I had enough wool and cotton to make it. Then the wool w as ilyod a dark blue, to muko the foundation, while the cot ton with which I trued in iho figures was left white. "Father set in up a loom in tho long eastern room the very room your mamma uses now for a breakfast room and I commenced to weavo my quill. "I ehoso tho rose pattern; you sec, Nanny, all those) while figures nro roses, or rosebuds or roso leaves, nnd first of all I wove in tho upper corners (lie words which you see in all four corners : ; rim rose : 1820 :N.M ( ARTI R - XSOH 2111 ; nr-Ki i -HSUHV.) s.sn'v: "Then I commenced to weave iu good earnest Two years I wove on j that quilt, a little at a lime, until it was finished. I can almost see luvself now," and (irainmie looked absently into the fire. "A cm ions little figure, not any larger than you, Nan, bending over tho loom, my feet scarcely touch ing the floor from my high scut, dressed iu a big flowered chintz dress down to my heels, a bag of the same hanging from Iny belt for my thimble and handkerchief, a while bertha around my neck liko this I wear now and a littlo mob cap on my head. "Well, at Inst it whs finished aud laid nway in a cedar chest, with sprigs of lavender in the fold to keep It smelling sweet. "When I was married and went to the neighboring village lo live I ho Ut ile cedar chest went too, on top of father's big couch. How they decked that couch out those rogues of broth ers nnd cousins with lilacs mid while, ribbutiB and wedding favors, so that everybody should knnv I was a hi idol The quilt was unpacked aud laid on my spare bed, anil a very dressy appearance it gave tho room, so I thought. "Many distinguished people slept under that quilt. Tho (toveruor of the state slept I hero often, noted iniii isicrs who c.imo Id preach were enter tained at our house aud slept there, and once our President rested for a night beneuth its folds. "When iny first baby wns barn your (ircut-Aunt Lou, my doar they wrapped her ill it and brought her for me to seo. "When Tom wns killed, poor Tom, my oldest boy, he was thrown from his horse you remember, Nanny ? they brought him home and laid him on that bed. Thcro is a big rent down on one edge, made by his spur. Poor Tom I He wns a wild lad, but he was my favorite. Ho loved and obeyed his mother always," and (irammio wiped a tear furtively from her eye, while Nanny pressed nearer for sym pathy. I irainmie recovered herself and went on: "Your grandfather, too, lay on that quilt after ho wus dead. It used to bo Iho New Kuyland custom, dear, to lay dead people on a hoard wilh only a sheet over them nnd tho Hiblo under I hoi r heads. That was the way I hey laid your poor grand father out your great-grandfather, my husband. Put I couldn't bear to think of hi in lying up (hero in (hat cold room, on that hard couch. I slipped up when they were all busy and lifted him until I could put Iho blanket under tit in . Thev all said it wns foolish in me, but I couldn't help it. That board seemed lo hurt me. "Then when your Aunt Sue, my granddaughter, was ill for so long, slm had a fancy to bo moved down hero by (his fireplace. "Ifight there iu the corner they nvido her a low bud and covered it with pine boughs and over lliem laid the quilt. She would lie thcro for hours looking into tho lire and listen ing to Iho wild tales of her old Indian nurse. I always ihnught that sickness dee ded Sue's life. You know that an old Indian woman came to the house, and ollered to euro hor, when every one else hud given her up to die. She did euro her, loo. Sue wns so grate ful that it seemed as if sho must sacri fice something for Iho Indian race. and in the end she sacrificed her own I if... "Yoh know how she wont among them, taught und lived with t'lem, and wiM killed during nil Indian uprising not by them, but by a stray shot from while mail's rille. "After n bit tuc. quilt was deemed old-fashioned nnd huuishcsd to the gar. ret, whero your mother found it a few years ago and dragged it forth to use 4 a portiere, declaring it wns as , PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. pretty as any of her cosily foreign tapestries. Yoursi-ter Alice stood be fore it when she wns married. Sho 6aid Ned proposed to her iu front of it, just as t-lit; was going through tho music room door. You see, Nanny tho old quilt has played quite a part in the fumily happenings.'' "Is that nil?-' said Xan. "Then it didn't havo anything to do with tho War of tho Hoses?" -Why, bless you, child, no," said (iraminie, "it wus not woven un til years afterward. Hut it was wov en i ti i : o n time ago 72 years come Spring, Nanny; 72 years ago." New York Recorder. The Catling (iun. In 18dl Dr. Robert (Jailing of In. iliima invented tho fust machine gun. Though the attention of the govern ment was forcibly drawn to the doc. tor's new invention during the civil war, the i fficinl test of tho gun did not lake place until some years after, ward. After the mitrailleuse had be come an acknowledged failure iu Iho Franco-Prussian war it wus, toward tho end of that struggle, replaced by the (iatling gun, but too late. The mechanism of tho gun under discussion is us simple as it is iugcii lous. The gun consists of from six to ten I ill - d barrels, each of them having a corresponding lock. Holh barrels aud locks revolve round a ceutrul shaft, which projects beyond tho muz zles aud also extends behind tho breeches of the barrels. The breeches and muz.les are firmly screwed into disks. Kesides the revolving motion tho locks have forward und backward motion of (heir own. The former places (he cartridges in tho barrels and closes Iho breeches before filing, while by the la'ter movement the empty cartridge cases arc extracted from iho breech. The loading nnd lirinir of tho gun nro done by turning the handle from left to right. Tho arrangement- of the mechanism nro such as to ncrmii continual In imr. A hopper is fastened on tho lop of the gun and receives the cnrlridge from a feeding case. From this hopper each : cartridge drops into the breech block and is outo.niilically put into the ; proper pluco before it revolves; then: a hammer is drawn back, also by an automatic device, and when iho cnr lridge reaches tho lowest point of revolution the hammer is releu-cd tied explodes it. From th's il will bo easily understood that (ho rapidity of tiring depends solely on the rapid ac tion of the man turning the bundle. If tho gunner is well trained ns many as 1200 shots can be tired iu one min. ute. fChiciigo Herald. A Itcimirkuhle Mechanical ( lock. The World's Columbian Kx position tiflicials have the promise of a veijr wonderful clock which is to be cxhih. itod by the Inventor, August Noll of j Ucrtiii. l lie ckm'K is a woiulerlul piceo of mechanism, '.'1 inches high, I nine feet wide nnd three feet deep. I It indicates dm timo to the lust stroke in tho year 901)9. A hammer is lifted every hour and the image of an angel j stiikesthe minutes on a bell, while! another strikes the quarter hours. A ' skeleton representing death strikes the j hours. I After tho sounding of each hour, j li'-ures representing the 12 apostles' appear and bow beloro an image of j Christ. At fi o'clock U procession of praying monks pusses into the on" trunco of a church. Before midnight a watchman gives the siunals for each hour, and at 3 o'clock he is released and the first crowing rootler appears. During Christmas times there are singing choruses, and the four seasons ! 1,0 ' , ,. aro repicseuted by symbolic figures. Ily means of nu ingenious invouiion, I ' e 'I tho entire functions of this clock enn bo shown in 20 minutes. Jewelers ,,. , 1 Circular. Sample of French Thrift. At Puris recently some curious rcvclaiii us have come out as to those mysterious dealers in edibles who sell various colled ions of articles of food, technically known ns bijoux. Theso enterprising dealers collect (ho frag ments of full and gumo from (he cooks of clubs and restaurant-keepers. Then lliey, with influito trouble, "ar range" the vurious kinds, shape them, rut i hem into neat pieces, garnish them and set them out on clean plates for sale. Many a so-called rentier il glad to get a good dinner at a nomin al price. Chicago Post. A Change of Tune. Mrs. Crump (lire Sweetly) I de clare, John, if you don't gel me a new sealskin this winter 1 shall freeze to death I Mr. Crump Huh! dust nverugo up your system by thinking of Iho hot aumui'T days long ago when you took ice (.ream to keep from melting. Hi ulli. Illl llltr VS Mil I M. 'I MP SN'iW. Tr'ji the clouds the 11 ike of snow Winder lo the world I" low. Fil ling lightly, Nifily, whitelv. To the ground. I leaping drifts without a smutd. Now the w ind begins In I. low ifier. swifter come- the snow, Falling thick!). Hushing quickly . Soon there' II he. astlcs built for you and me, Youth's ('ompniiini IMF. I lit lt II Mill SK. It sv and Tiny were two bonny ittle maiden, They were twin sis lers and so much alike thai scureely soy one but Iheir mot her could tell diem apart. They were very fond of going to oliurch wilh iheir puients, nnd would it quile slill during the long service, I 1 r un-y gicauv enjoyed uio organ und the tine sinning of tlio choir. One i cohl December morning their mother ! ',U'tX """'"""I lying on their pretty tcarlet clonks nod hoods, bade them go alone, as their father wns not well and she must remain ai home to nurse him. So tl.c little twins trotted fl hand in hand, and entered tin: family pew in which they were aceiutoined lo sil. Tho choir was ju-( beginning to sing u hymn, and liosy had found the place iu the hook when scratch, scratch, scratch! What could Unit be? Then a sqiieu!v and a palter of little feel and, looking around, thev saw a 1 i fancy brown mouse, who, feeling raiher hungry, after the proverbial custom of church in ce, hi 1 ventured nut iu search of food. Tiny had u bit of bread in her pocket which the ! had put away at breakfast lime for the birds, so, pulling it out, sho j "",liei1 h ulo" ,l,e ieal' UH , I wcr bo11' ''' ''Ji1'1-''! eecing iho ' m",uc ""' '1C"' nicnl. 1 "ot U'cir fn,llr'' n,", l",,,h,,r '""k''1 j " ''f' r'l,';ll'"!f I'0""! ''' Hvii.s told " '""'"""J "..i-neiice " 'o "",,"'"1,"lc" V""1 111 """.'-, l'''oklyn Ciii-n. , ,Mai.i. h..y w..T. ti, un4 roN.rs. I uhai do v.... ihink of ., hov hoi boy has for his most intimate, friends little ponies? There is such a boy in New York this season and he is a bright, hand some, manly littlo fellow, liis namo is Leon Morris and he trains all the ponies in the play called "The Couu. try Circus." I.con is a boy who never had to tease his father for money (o go to tho circus, nor would ho ever lie awuko nights dreaming about the e'c. phanls and monkeys. It wasn't that I.uon doesn't lovo annua'-, hut just us soon us he wns old enough lo wulk ho belonged lo a real live circus him. This circus his pupa owned, and I.eon thought he was a very fortunate buy to have his papa have Mich u nice business, lie likes the clowns and all the ui i i m ills, but best of all the ponies. Leon's papa has twenty-two ponies. They lire trained ponies and know how to do almost everything. They enn sny their prnyors, wrestlo with iiiieanollicr, jump through rings which aro held high above them, run races, go through a regular military drill, nnd look pleasant when (hey nro having their pictures taken. Leon has laiight them how io do nil theso things, and ench pony really loves the 'ittle fellow who is so patient with them. It requires a grent deal of pntienoe Id (ruin lu'nlllv.livn friwlfir niniflo , ... . ,, '. , . ', I-ooii says he would raiher do it than . , . .. . ,. , . . . . . , must en re for (hose noiiins ivl.tn l,n .,, ., . Will HI1V thnt. .... , , f course, all the ponies aro Leon s . . , , , ., ii o oils, nun nncii iney aro good no gives them sugar und apples, and soiucliiues Illiniums, but like every other hoy ho has n most intimate friend and ihis is his own special black-and-white pony, Manner. Panuor will follow Leon all ovor, even upstairs. He is the best wrestler of all the ponies, aud knows many tricks which only Leon ran make him perform. He seems to realize Ihat Jlr. Morris has given him to Iajou for his very own pony. Leon has a wee tot of a sister, and she owns a pony named Ilaby Dimple. Leon shows a great deal of ability in tho way ho has trained all the 0. nies. lie is one of tho busiest boys in Now York, and goes to school every day regularly. Ho likes arithmetic, but how he does hate to spell I He wns born iu Indianapolis, Ind., in 1879, aud though he likes New Yoik, he says the New York boy don't have half Iho fun the Western boys do. New York World. White linen collurs and cuffs are again coming into fashion. C, MARCH 3, 1892. GREAT TRAVELLERS Mexican Hidalgos Care Nothing lor Expense. Tho Comical Notion of a Rich Mexican Minor. Heuu Campbell of the Mexican Con lial railroad and "Doe" liamfoiil were c unpin ing noles about travellers from ti e laud of iho Monleuinas nt the tirand Pacific yesterday. "I tell you they're the greatest travellers iu the world,"' snid Kcati Campbell, wh is Iho author of n i lea-ing romance, entitled "A Tlip Through Mexico," "and l hey caie imihine for money. If u rich Mexican i travelling alone, he takes a section in a sleeping c ar. If his wife is with him lin y take the drawing room if they cm get it, and t w ,en lli 'iv is a party of ti v I they just charier a sleeping . ir six ill f..r themselves, Not lung since, a rich hidalgo caiui; up here. In (he paity were himself, his wife, two ehi.diin who were not charged f.n e,his lu wihei-in-:uw nnd ihree scivants. lie hud u elcepiug-cur chartered for his private use all i h,; way from the City of M-.. leo to New York. To have the car hauled by the railroads In- had lo buy fifleeil lirst-ela-s tickets fmm Mexico to New Yolk, although there weio hut six eisoii iu his parly, li. sideo ihis, he hud lo pay f.'io a day for the use of the car. Then In: had a cook and u butler on iho e.ir, und had a b.g stock of delicacies fur ue en r lit. When ho came to me he said he would s:ay over two or three weeks, I lo i hilu he nee I not keep the sleeping-car standing in iho railr nid yani allthat time ut an expense of ti'.o a dav. lb: could save ihat amount ,y giving up the car and taking another when he resumed Ins trip, lie replied that l.e liked hat cur and gm:sed he Would keep it. And so ho did. navim? ;t.i .i ! dui for it for two weeks Then changed his mind about his trip, threw a.Miy his lifleen lick, t- to NewYoik und boii.'lit lil'ieen mole to New Or leans. Monti; Crisio i-n'i iu it with t iosu Mexican hidalgos." "Tout's so," r irrohoruiiiigly re marked Clerk II. unford. "Wncu ' was ut the Kurucit lloii-c iu Cim in. nati, one of these same chaps c une there on his w ay lo Furnjie, w here he und his family intended to remain live years. The party comprised tho old man himself, his wife, eight children, twelve servants, a physician and a priest. Thcro was a servant for each (if the children, two for the lady and two for llie head of the family. They i! 'Uldu't get itnylhiu r good eunuch for them. They rented the entire j ailor floor of iho Il.iruelt Mouse and hud special service, table and eui-iuc. They hud two carriages mud! lo onh r ut enormous cn-l to lake to I'.umpc with lliem, and they bought four splendid horses lo n-e wilh llie car. riuges. They bought a piano to tak.i wilh them und chaiieied a special t'tiin to take them lo New York They cume from New Orleans to Cin cinnati on the steamboat (iuiding Star, then the finest erufl plying tho Mis sissippi and Ohio. The captain told j MO thai nt New Orleans the Mexican , tiicd lo arrange it so thai the boat would carry no passengers but him I !f und party. To provide fur both j liysical mill spiritual ills the family i (.actor and the family confessor were l liken with Iho parly. I lave seen j royalty of nlmoat .ill degrees on its , travels, but I never saw unyihiiig to j jual that Mexican in utter disregard f expense" "Sometimes these s.iitio Mexicans Vie quite comical in their ideas of .Modern travel," said Keuu Campbell, gain taking up the story. .ii what 3110 might cull the 'hack countries' of itexico the nivido of liuvel is exceed- i tngly primitive. The only method of j Vjanspoiiulion is hv diligence or J iiimsyriage, with no ruin ciuencos. 'i'hoio are no holds und travellers must provide for Hum. elves with tiattresses. blankets, plates and other things pretty much as stecragn p n- engeis on a steamer do. due day one cf those ruriil wayfarers, a miner whose incl ine wns possibly $.'!iiio a day, but who had never been far IMy from home before, came into iny office ut Mexico, fresh from tho mountains, and bought a ticket to New York. He hud w ith him his bed and bedding, cooking u'eiisils and the whole paraphernalia of a traveller In dulgence. I explained to hilu as well as I could the workings of a sleeping- car, bin he ii sisled mi taking h bed on the car with him. I was told ufier waitlsthal when he di-covt red the luxuries of sleeping-cars aim nuicl he lluew hi- impediment oil the car nnd ci j) cd him-elf .villi iho new found pleasures like a chi d with u new toy. lie warned to buy the whole NO. 27. bu-iness and lake it back to tin; mines ! with hiui. --Chicago Post. 'l lie Truth' Hals of Ai ionii. j A iniiier near the Seiial"!' recently I hail a rirlier singular experience with j 1 1 :i. 1 rats, known also as tuntiiilaiu rats. As (he nighls wen: e ld the miner took hi- op' s:o k to H plcnUh his rather hai I led. Having iiegleeled I tocjiueto town for several weeks, : h s is 1 1 1 . 1 of beans had given out, nnd I he had come down to a diet of si i a g lit bnc"ii. ( ' ui-i lei ably o;il of humor, l.e I StU1 tei iu lO ptlll his be I to pieces olle I j llimllillg, Hlld ill removing the Hacks I was agreeably siirprint'd lo liud three j pounds of beans, with a litl.e entire niiM'l, v hull the trade rats Ind brought from the S uialor nu I Mured ' in l. s bi d. I The inls an' native Aliieric ills ii'nl iVeiy dillnent from their imported ; Norway coil-ins. They llie called Hade i nils bccuiM' they generally leave some jnilicleiu exchange lor what liny take u way. ! Tin- llPlier -l.-lll that lieiieverki.nd a trade rale; thai th.'-o rod -nt- habit ual. v steal front on t abi.i and cany iheir pill ider into nil adjoining our; Ilia' on one oei'u-iou he .pilled a couple of qilUI'lt of fol'll on lh. tl i n- of his cabin, mid lie' next mo en; found Ihi! rats h d ! ued away every grain of it in a pair of sudd:o bags hanging Upon (he w all. lie also stales Ihat the mts have thick caudal pei.d .gf", aboiil Unco inches in leiiglh, w hich iln-y I. i t Ji n,u- . slant!)- throwing up ei d dow ti, s i iking ' the II inr wi ll each downwind move ment widl the regular, luea-iiied stroke of a inu-ical pi ofesnir marking lime. They i'.ii ry oil' plugs f Inbart-o, Inolh bill-lies, combs ami bill-lies, iu fact, any thing which they tan Dialings to move. Piesc dt( Ai i. 'i.iijt ' li hr. ; Dinner Plates fur the While House, , Tilt! Whi.c JI"U-e d.lillig lo. Ill at Wa-hiugloii is (he lietier ofl' by l'"ttr handsome s 'Is of din-er jii .le. I lial have j 1 1 -1 ariivel iu dial city, run signed io M W. ltrveridge l'i..n l iinogis. 'I'ii" plates ir e exec. i:i d iu th lincsi siyle ,,f poilci's ml, an I wilh I he set of t u glass ibul ai i iv.-d some lime ago w iii make a haiid-oine addition lo the table furniture for slate bin. quels. Tiny me in four s "s soup, diniier und two sols of ilesserl pales. The lit- I two si, s' a t! alike in general ih -ign. The gilded edges aro hlighlly indented, j Tiie rim is of dark navy blue, decu. rated wilh full ears ot' corn and wheal, and just u ihin and on the edge of the w bile licld is a row of j still., one for each sla'e. In ll,e ! center is an eagle wilh spread wing., I standing upon the American -Im Id ami brought out in strung r. in i' I against a sunburst. Knic n' h (he shh Id j waves a long .Ireaiu i. upon which are the won, "F. Piurihii- l uum." Thi! des-eit plates are. iu general j way ih'coiiiled like ilie others, the only dill'ereiice being ihat !he outer half of the Tunis in w Idle w il h t lit! j corn and wl:cat and the inner half is bin wiili the row of -l.irs. The dccoral ion in llie enter U the same. On the back of each plate, in addition to the usual maker's mark, are the words "Ilirrison, ls',i'.'.'' This is fur the purpose of ident i l"y ing the phiies Willi the niluiiiii-traliiiu. No oilier record is Kepi, and llie lii-lorv of ino.t of the W hite House china and glass has consequently been lost from lack of any such mill king. t ii Disqualification. In the lir-t -es-nui of (ho Superior Ciiuil, on inc., lay, while ige Sher man listened lo the various excuses of men w ho did iml waul lo sei e ,,n i ,r jury, Lawyer Samuel Hoar lold a lu at littlo story of his father, dudre libcii c.er Kockw.iod Hoar. One of the juror whom f ulier had impanelled," said the la w , er, once r.unu to hint wilh the requct that fat her excuse him from serving ' 'Why do j on w i-h to be cxcil-i d '' he w as asked. " llecituse, your lbiii.-r, I am deaf ill one cur.' "'Thai will not make the slighlest difierence,' replied the .fudge. -The grand jury hears cv. deuce only on one side of the ease.'" llosioii Herald. T he lllne Itnse Impossible. A floi i-l shvh that the law govern, ing llie coloring of flowers makes a blue rose impossible. Ace u ding to this Jaw, the threo colors, red, bluo nnd ellow, never nil appear iu iho same species of flowers; uny Iwo may exist, but never llie third. Thus wo have the red and yellow rosea, but no blue; red and blue verbenas, but no yellow; yellow and blue in the vari ous iiiembei s of the viola fan. ily (as punsies, for ins'iiuce), but no rod; red and yellow gladioli, but no blue, :d so on. ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- f l.Ofc One square, two insertions- I.M One square, cue month 2G0 For larger advertiscmeiJta liberal con ract ill be made. Wluif MuillNe Dof ' When we are growing up j And parenls we don't please j V hen. si liieheu r : we t is! and turn I We al ways raise a bm e, In n our riders on us (rosin ' A nd burden us w it h thrashing. Ami liuike us fail l sipilrm itli shame 'N'eiith swift iiinl sure tongue Ushhirs , TI.e uue-iion's on u- torei !, I il makes ll. .ill-lire.! hllle. A- we ask and usk nnd lek ourselves !i what slnll we iln? Tin ii. after w e are grow n. A il l !i:i tn liie-K our uy 'I lirinicli I hi. k Hint thin as bvit we can. We so ! 1 in gi t fair play. Ii ii k- lirt.a.lt r Hum are ours A : e s!i.. ing Us nsi'te. ' . re .ii;ir, In hin. I. I rotl ou before U Mil nary chalice t.. hide. "I iin'1 I i.-lii f..r us to .pend 1 I IT III es III Midi a leW . It iii il.i s us cry eri und i ry ii. . 'A hat slrii: m do' llrnwiit I'ei riiii.iu. in Yankiv I'lade III ll)OI s. The "lined oi L I licit ion" The piipi.s. What kind of robbery is not dan. gei't ii-? A sale robbery, of course. "S i dui k an I v t so ligh,'' as the lean said v. I.rii ,c inoknl ut ,n UCW ton of coal. No man can lilt b in -elf by his boot tiqi-, but be enn eaiiy il l himself down by his chin. Why is X the most unfoiiu 'iiite of Idler..? ISeeause it is always in a fix aud never out of perp t xity. Mr. lluiiim- How ditl the nu lit!iices strike ou mil ui-l this time. Mr. I' Iter? Mr. I'atn r -! inn: old way w ith eggs. Tom .1 ick is cohl inually gelling caught out in a rain stoim. iii Yes, poor fellow, he. reads und fol lows i he weather forecasts in Ibedaily papers. He (admiringly) And did you make that mat yum sell ? She Yes, I did it all myself, with the exception of a lit tit help I ireeived from my six younger sj.;ei s. 1 i Mtliei-ione--I wo n lor w here thoso tl iii.ei s a; e that I ordri i d ? liingwuy --Why, I thought thai you couldn't nil ud any more clothes! I'euther Hi lie I e illidii'l. lint I got a UCW tailor. Od Curious (in .hoc innkor) What is the tir.st thing ymi .In when you be gin In make a pair of shoes? Shoe . maker Well, the lirst thing I use is the last ( )ii Cm inns is uLen from the shop In the insane nsyliim. lill'ccliic Soap, The children's toboggan slide is tpiito in insi iiut ion iu a cerlaiu iiurserv. It i.. an old ironing board, n good wide one, nnd w hen it. end is lipped it p on a chair il fiirni-lies all hinds ot amuse ment to the small owners. The oilier day iho children discov ered a new j 'V iu the ironing board. They placed il Hit upon the, floor. 'I ..en ihey smuggled a piece of soap fr in the halhiomii, und soaped tho board well fro 11 end lo end. Il luado a famous slide. The three boys and Iho girl, who is the wildest b ry of lilt) four, gnvO IheuiseHe. plenty of room to run, and ll.e board was long enough to make a good slide. tiie al'irr Iho oilier then i nn. Tho i hae grew' exciting. Finally, Alice, taking her (urn, came wilh a rush dow n the hall and across Iho board. The impetus w as too lull. Ii. lit r heels Il w up and she eauie dow 11 linid, very hutd. 'ie gathered her. elf together wilh a bewildered look on her face. Then she stood up slowly. "I'.'iir me!'' she said. "I didn't know -oup was so diet 'live !"--Now Yoik World. Some Munis on Opals. The lie. d- III which the Ausirnliun opals aie Ion i id are shunted in ljucf ns I and. Tim 'loiie is found iu shallow al.uvi.ildipii.il. lummy cases the gem. an ioiind so suir.'Uiuled by Iho Hi-it" i us b I cutler I hem ill most value less. Hevei. so Xpert havo placed ll.e Au-li dian opal above tho till earian mot Mexican product, but lh,. is cniite-icd by admirers of Iho la ier .lone. I'p I ai Iv a century ago the opal w as venerate. I a aslono of good onion and vested with the powers to banish cvii spii is, inspire pure thoughts and in. line good dreiinis. A few yenrsugo t.'-ieeii X'lcloriu began (o bring this gem into I'.i-hiou ng iin. All the gifts f jeweliy that, she bus bestowed oil her favorites have eoiitainod opals in some .h-ipe or uiber. She hns rightly in-i-l d lb it they bring no more bad led, lo il.oso weui ing them than any other jewel. The lurge.t . pil known is in tho Imp did t'ibinet of Vienna. This gt in is liye inches long unit two and one-half inches witle, and is considered piiedi f.lewclcrs' Circular.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 3, 1892, edition 1
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